The Jussie Smollett Travesty; CNN's Stelter says "Hey, I guess we'll never know what happened"

National Review  "Chicago prosecutors, dropping the case against Jussie Smollett for allegedly filing a false report that caused a spasm of national anguish and anger two months ago, are hinting that they believe Smollett is in fact guilty of fabricating the supposed

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January 29 attack — but think he should be only lightly punished. Very lightly: They require that he forfeit a bond of $10,000 and do community service, although it is unclear whether this means some unrelated community service Smollett has already done for reasons unrelated to the great Subway Sandwich ambush of 2019. They did not extract a guilty plea or even a nolo plea. They were holding a lot of cards, and yet they folded.

"The toxic repercussions of this are quite obvious and have already begun. The prosecution’s action allows Smollett, for his part, to proclaim complete vindication and revert to his story that he was viciously attacked by two guys. The media is now rushing back to Smollett’s side, or to advise us that the whole thing is so mysterious and complex that we should just shut up about it. Ludicrous as Smollett’s account is, damning as the evidence against him is, the likes of CNN’s Brian Stelter are shrugging and saying, “Hey, I guess we’ll never know what happened!” You would have to be very thick to think this, given the changing nature of Smollett’s story and its many far-fetched details. But if Smollett is innocent of fabricating a hoax, why would he submit to even a minimal punishment of, in effect, paying a $10,000 fine? Isn’t he the aggrieved party here? You aren’t supposed to be fined for getting beaten up by two thugs." . . .

The Connection Between Jussie Smollett and the Obama Administration  

Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff calls up the state’s attorney, the state’s attorney hands off the case to her assistant, and the assistant gives Smollett the deal of the century. And all of this is so egregiously, transparently corrupt that mayor and former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is spitting hot fire over this, as is Obama’s former chief strategist David Axelrod.The editors of National Review point out that the prosecutors are creating greater incentives to more hate-crime hoaxes in the future.

 Heroes: Chicago's embattled police are fighting back  . . . "The fact that the politically ambitious and well connected prosecutor's office dropped the charges without telling the cops, and then moved to seal the records — without even a request for it from Smollett's attorneys — suggests that someone wants something covered up...and he's willing to pitch the cops overboard to do it." . . .

Jussie Smollett is nominated for an NAACP Award, and host Anthony Anderson hopes he wins  . . . "“I hope he wins," Anderson added. "I’m happy for him that the system worked for him in his favor because the system isn’t always fair, especially for people of color. So I’m glad it worked out for him."  . . .
. . . " 'This is a whitewash of justice," Emanuel said. "It’s Mr. Smollett who committed this hoax. He’s still saying he's innocent, still running down the Chicago Police Department. How dare he? How dare he? It is wrong. Full stop.' " . . .

Smollett Lawyer: Nigerian Brothers Wore Whiteface!  . . . "That’s why he thought that they were Trump agitators. For crying out loud! Would you look at the literal pollution of everything public in this country that the left ends up touching? Whiteface? The Nigerian brothers put on white face to make Smollett think that they were Trumpists! So the racism triples down now, in addition to the insanity.